In 2001, Michael Cole joined Anglia Ruskin University as Professor of Forensic Scienceand Head of the Department of Forensic Science. At the time he was theyoungest full Professor of Forensic Science in the world. Mike became DeputyDean for Research and External Income in the Faculty of Science andTechnology in 2014. Mike's research interests include drug chemistry, drugprofiling and comparison, drug toxicity and the development of analyticaltechniques for novel psychoactive substances. Mike has over 150 journalpublications, conference presentations, books, book chapters and other outputsrelated to forensic science.Lata Gautam obtained a PhD in Forensic Science in 2007 from Anglia Ruskin University.She also holds an MSc and BSc from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. She hasworked in the Toxicology & Chemistry Unit and the Biology & Serology Unit atthe National Forensic Science Laboratory, Nepal, where she analysed forensiccase samples. Lata’s areas of expertise and interest lie in drug binding to haircomponents (melanin, keratin), drug analysis of biological samples (blood, urine)and alternative matrices (hair, nail, saliva). She is interested in research workinvolving chromatographic, spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques.Agatha Grela obtained her PhD in chemistry in 2015 from the Jagiellonian University inKrakow. Before joining Anglia Ruskin University, she worked at a forensictoxicology lab in Poland where she analysed evidence including suspected streetdrugs and biological samples (blood and urine). Currently, as a postdoctoralresearcher, she is using her expertise as an analytical chemist in a project onthe simultaneous gas chromatographic–mass spectrometry based analysis ofdrugs associated with drug facilitated sexual assaults from spiked drinks.
